Thread: accessing file properties

By which function I can access file properties such as date created, date modified, attributes, size both in Turbo C and VC++ 6.0

I guess you'd have to write this function and I can't think of a 'C standard' solution off hand. I do think the following should work on VC6 and any TC / TC++ that had stat.h. You might have to make some minor changes as I tested this in DevC++ (4.9.9.2)

Regards,
Brian

Code:

#include <stdio.h> 
#include <stdlib.h> 
#include <sys/stat.h> 
#include <time.h> 
#include <string.h>
#include <io.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    struct stat *c; // attribute structure
    time_t t;
    char str[41],timestr[40];
    int err;

    printf("Enter filename: ");
    fgets(str, 40, stdin);
    // crop newline out of string
    str[strlen(str) - 1] = '\0';

    err = stat(str,c); // get file attributes
    
    if (err == -1)
    {
        printf("\nError in stat\n");
        printf("\nPress `Enter' to continue . . . ");
        getchar();
        return(1);
    }

    // show creation date
    t = c->st_ctime;
    strcpy(timestr,ctime(&t));
    printf("\nDate created = %s\n",timestr);

    // get modification date
    // GNU C manual: This is the time of the last modification to
    // the contents of the file.
    t = c->st_mtime;
    strcpy(timestr,ctime(&t));
    printf("Date modified = %s\n",timestr);

    // get the last time file was accessed
    // GNU C manual: This is the last access time for the file
    t = c->st_atime;
    strcpy(timestr,ctime(&t));
    printf("Time file was last accessed = %s\n",timestr);
    
    // display file size
    printf("File size = %li bytes\n", c->st_size);

    #define EXIST 0
    #define WRITE_ONLY 2
    #define READ_ONLY 4
    #define READ_WRITE 6
    
    // Check that file exist:
    if(!access(str, EXIST))
    {
        printf( "\nFile %s exists.\n\n", str );
    
        // Check read and write permissions
        if(!access( str, READ_WRITE))
            printf( "File %s is READ_WRITE.\n", str );
        else
        {
            if(!access( str, WRITE_ONLY))
                printf( "File %s is WRITE_ONLY.\n", str );
            if(!access( str, READ_ONLY))
                printf( "File %s is READ_ONLY.\n", str );
        }
    }
    
    printf("\nPress `Enter' to continue . . . ");
    getchar();
    return 0;
}

In Windows, you can get all this information with a call to FindFirstFile.